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When it comes to meal kits, convenience is undeniable. Fresh and packaged food is delivered directly to your door, often with an included recipe and everything you need for a meal that can feed several people. An increasing...

Unpack your boots and start planting seeds. There’s a new box in town. It took more than a century for someone to do something different in the shoes industry regarding packaging. One young Portuguese entrepreneur is introducing...

“Before” example of a kids Novara bike: Smarter, lightweight packaging means most of the waste above is eliminated. According to Eric Abraham, REI’s packaging engineering manager, the future is all about...

Each year nearly 380 billion plastic bags are used in the US — any only 7 percent of them are recycled. The plastic scourge clogs waterways and takes hundreds of years to break down into smaller plastic bits (the bags...

Brushing your teeth is a relatively simple task that requires 30 seconds or so of arm movement. Are we so lazy and out-of-shape that we need battery-operated contraptions to move our toothbrushes now? Oral B apparently...

Today’s society has become quite gluttonous when it comes to consuming goods. And it’s no help to trying to live a more sustainable life when you’re constantly being bombarded with new products that are supposed to...

I think it’s high time that we admit, as a society, that we have some things figured out – like toothbrushing and face washing. But apparently, some companies don’t think so. Despite the plethora of product...

We love Whole Foods for their wide selection of health conscious packaged goods and organic fruits and vegetables. But one popular spot in this shop that gets a lot of attention is the store’s salad bar and buffet. Not...

Today marks the second installment of our new Packaging the Future series, which explores a greener future for packaging design, brought to you by Eco Chick founder and green journalist Starre Vartan! Read the rest of Compostable...